1 Dead, 6 Wounded In Citywide Shootings On Monday

CHICAGO (STMW) — One man was killed and at least six people, including three teenage boys, were injured in shootings across the city Monday night.

About 9:56 p.m., a man thought to be in his 30s was found shot in the chest in the 5200 block of North Kenmore Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood, police said.

He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Authorities had not been able to identify the man Tuesday morning.

The most recent non-fatal shooting happened about 9:40 p.m. in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side.

A 20-year-old man was standing in the 300 block of East 42nd Street when someone fired shots at him from a gray vehicle, striking him in the abdomen, police said. A friend drove him to Provident Hospital of Cook County, and he was later transferred in serious condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Just after 9 p.m., a 46-year-old man was standing in the alley in the 1200 block of West 72nd Place in the West Englewood neighborhood when someone walked up and opened fire, police said. The man was shot in the torso, hip, arm and leg. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition.

About 8:40 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was sitting on a porch in the 5700 block of South Peoria Street in the Englewood neighborhood when someone in a light-colored vehicle shot him in the leg, police said. He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where was listed in good condition, police said.

About 7:30 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the 2400 block of West 21st Street in the Little Village neighborhood. The shooter fired from a dark-colored vehicle, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, and his condition was “stable,” police said.

Another 15-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks in the 6100 block of South Indiana Avenue about 7:15 p.m., police said. He had been walking with a group when they were approached by another group and someone opened fire. He was also taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition.

Monday’s first shooting happened about 5:15 p.m. in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 22-year-old man was in the 4600 block of South Lamon Avenue when he got into an argument with several people in a vehicle and was shot, police said. He drove to the intersection of 51st and Cicero before he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.